Richard Riemerschmid
Candlestick

Candlestick

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Candlestick
Candlestick
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Candlestick
Datedesigned c. 1897
Made inGermany
MediumBronze
Dimensions14 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (37.5 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.43
Not on view

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Provenance[...]; [Sotheby's New York, Sale N08459, "Deutscher Werkbund to Bauhaus: An Important Collection of German Design," December 14, 2007, Lot 3]; acquired by [Historical Design, New York]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.

“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18–August 10, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's make on bottom: "Geschützt"

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